Category Archives: Industry Trends
3 Learnings from the ESCO Demonstration Model to Help Improve Care and Outcomes
End stage renal disease (ESRD) care is often fragmented, with multiple specialists managing multiple conditions across multiple care settings, often without continuous communication. This can…
Continue Reading »CMS Five-Star Quality Ratings: Correlation with Reduced Hospitalizations and Mortality
While there have been improvements in mortality over the past few decades, mortality and morbidity remain high among end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. A…
Continue Reading »Thanking Physicians on National Doctors’ Day
Physicians are often underappreciated for the vital—and extremely challenging—work they do. I would like to take this opportunity on National Doctors’ Day to say something…
Continue Reading »Risk Arrangement Considerations for Nephrologists
Accountable provider organizations of all types (e.g., clinically integrated networks [CINs], independent practice associations [IPAs], multi-specialty groups [MSGs] and accountable care organizations [ACOs])* are increasingly…
Continue Reading »Preparing for ESRD Integrated Care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognizes that the end stage renal disease (ESRD) population is a complex group in need of integrated…
Continue Reading »The Impact of Consolidation in the Dialysis Industry
Consolidation has been occurring in many sectors of the U.S. economy, including healthcare. In the dialysis industry, this is due in part to inadequate government…
Continue Reading »Kidney Patient-Centered Quality of Care, Part IV: Future Approaches to Delivering Care
Every day, as the leaders in care delivery for this vulnerable population, we should get up and think about what more we can do to…
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